Vita Örn/Hvide Ørn (White Eagle)
First of all, I posted a bit about this very frigate a while ago in a thread asking for frigates. Figured I'd like to dedicate an entire thread to it now.
Vita Örn was a frigate ahead of her time with features to be the norm in frigates from about 1740 and onwards for the next hundred years. She was built by the british shipsbuilder William Smith by commision of the Swedish state at Karlskrona, Sweden in 1711. She was armed with 30 12 pounder cannons and had a crew of 170.
She was already amongst the most legendary ships in the Swedish navy (being the fastest frigate in Scandinavia and having taken several prizes and defeated 2 Danish-Norwegian frigates while commanded by Swedish Captain Printz) at the battle of Colberger Heide between Sweden and Denmark-Norway in 1715 where she was captured as a prize by the rising star of the Danish-Norwegian army, Peter Jansen Wessel, later to be enobled and given the name Tordenskiold (Thunder Shield). While in tow, she was renamed to Hvide Ørn and Wessel was rewarded with the command of her. Shortly thereafter, Hvide Ørn was involved in the battle of Rügen. After the engagement had ended with the coming of the dark, Wessel managed to sneak up on the stern of two damaged Swedish SOL's Gotland(56) and Ösel(56). There, he stern rakes the Ösel, cuts the company flag hanging from the stern off before leaving with a full broadside along the ship. The Captain of the ship, Siøstierna, flees the ship and takes shelter in the Gotland. He is later condemmed to death by a swedish court martial but pardoned. By the time the Ösel has made her way back to Karlskrona she's on the absolute verge of sinking.
Hvide Ørn participated in lots of key naval engagements between Denmark-Norway and Sweden the years after and she along with her commander became famous at the top of his game, as a frigate commander. I hope to be able to sail the seas in Naval Action in this fine vessel someday.
Technical data:
Displacement: 600 tons
Length: 33 meters
Width: 9,42 meters
Guns: 30 12 pounders
Crew: 170 men

Greetings skippers!
Are you new to the game? Maybe, you're a returning vet and can't find your former ship mates? Found your current nation or clan stale or cliquey? Maybe you long for something different but can't quite put your finger on it. If any of these slightly describe you, then I have excellent news for you!
The reimagined Danish Cut Throat Syndicate has re-established herself as a force in Denmark-Norway (Danmark-Norge) on the Global PVP server and is looking for able-bodied Captains of all ranks and nations! If you enjoy challenging gameplay, PVP, and sailing with some of the finest and most helpful sailors in the Caribbean, then DICS is likely the home you've always been longing for.
Who we are: Started as a group of friends we're a small, multi-national, and friendly gaming clan whom have a passion for Naval Action and having fun
What we do: We enjoy the very best of Naval Action and as such engage in Open World PVP, RvR, open world commerce, shipwrighting, and nation building
What we expect: In order to help Denmark/Norway thrive, we actively help our sailors acquire ships, wealth, experience, and knowledge. As a clan that pools resources for the betterment of its sum, we humbly ask our members to actively participate in most every aspect of Naval Action clan life. This may include commerce raiding, collecting resources, making war, crafting ships and parts, escorting traders, etc.,
Who we're looking for: All ranks, nationalities, and levels of active Captains are welcome! We're no stranger to helping Captains gain: levels, renown, wealth, ships, more advanced sailing techniques that experienced skippers live and sink others by
If this sounds like something you may be interested in, please contact the members listed below in-game, via these forums, or private message at your convenience.
Yoda bo
Landomatic
GJtwiss78
Jean LaKron Barbosa

From M/S Museet for Søfart (Maritime Museum of Elsinore): "Fregat og Vestindienfarer FREDERICHSDAHL. Bygget: 1780-82 i Flensborg. 129½ kommercelæst. Reder: Etatsråd P. v. Hemmert & Sønner, København. I 1799 solgt til Norge."
Trader Frigate, Friderichsdahl (a.k.a. Frederichsdahl / Frederiksdal et.al.) built for the West Indies 1780-82 in Flensborg (modern day Germany). 129½ kommercelæst (Danish tonnage). Shipowner: P. v. Hemmert & Sønner, Copenhagen. Sold for Norway in 1799.
From the Danish National Archives:
Ship plans (click on them for higher resolution):
Model:
Model in the scale 1:48 built by A. Nissen, Varde, Denmark, and given to the Maritime Museum in Elsinore by Venneselskabet and Otto Mønsteds Fond.
My own pictures from the museum (unfortunately it was hard to get proper pictures with the lack of light due to the exhibition being closed):
http://imgur.com/a/RkGWq
EDIT:
Took some better pictures when the lights were on in the museum:
http://imgur.com/a/J1YI2
More information:
http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=10181

Yesterday upon the stair(Port Morant - Carlisle)
I met a man(French, Danes) who wasn't there(hiding in battle results/logging off)
He wasn't there again today(randomly people from yesterday log in and pop out around the port)
I wish, I wish he'd go away(or start playing an actual PvP game instead of using this exploit)
The British nation would appreciate if the ganker fleets in the area of Carlisle would not use the battle result hiding exploits to end the night of PvP after a single attack. If you're short on time Jamaica is the wrong place for an attack and if you're afraid to lose your ship the same applies. Especially a fleet of 22 should not be afraid to actually go for a genuine fight which could've provided everyone with a lot of fun. Personally I see no fun/challenge in ganking but if you do it please be ready to face all repercussions that may come upon you instead of wasting everybody's time and fun after jumping a little clanless cerberus with 22 ships.
As far as I and those I can vouch for are concerned we will not be backing away from a fight that we brought on our own and will now be attacking your homeports with fair fights. Please consider doing the same in the interest of a fun game for all.
A little further warning:
It has come to our attention that some smaller ganking fleets now actively search for an ai ship close to KPR to create such battle result screen situation. WIth the intention of this being the last action of the night they apparently log off so they can have an invisible fleet ready to attack in the early afternoon near our homeports.
This goes beyond merely trying to save one's hide and is in my/our eyes an unacceptable misuse of the mechanic.
We've started to collect evidence on this and should this behaviour not rapidly disappear I will launch a tribunal about this!
To the devs:
Please consider reworking the battle result screen asap as it currently proofs to be an exploited hassle for all fair playing folk around the isle and surely in other places as well.
P.S.: I used the words 'the British nation' as a lot of people are seriously unhappy about this. Should you however take offense to me representing you here just substitue this for my own persona.
Also this is a somewhat serious topic - have fun discussing it but serious forum pvp as some practice it is not desired here! Keep it civil everybody!
For those who liked the poem:
Antigonish - William Hughes Mearns
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away
When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn't see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don't you come back anymore!
Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door
Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away

On behalf of most major clans of Denmark-Norway, I have been asked to start a tribunal against the clan RNoN. We accuse RNoN for high treason against his majesty the King and suggest his clan and it's members be outcasts of the Danish-Norwegian nation and be forced to Pirate nation. Since they arrived in the West Indies, they have stated that they wanted to do their own thing and not respect the treaties that has been agreed upon by all major clans in his majesty the kings service. Since they came, they where informed about our current dipomatic standings and offered a seat at the table. They have refused to follow the rest of the nation, and have even broken the peace treaty signed by all the major clans, in their own interest and not in the nations nor the Kings best interest. This clan and it's leader seems to feed of making the nation crumble. Today they attacked 2 ports belonging to Sweden and by that braking the treaty. We consider this as high treason and they should be dealt with as traitors. We hope the Tribunal takes this into consideration and sentence the clan and it's members to the Pirate faction, and strip them off whatever dignity they had left.
On behalf of the RDNN - Royal Danish Norwegian Navy
Herminator

Dear Sirs! Yesterday a couragous strike against the heart of the shaken British empire was launced. A force with the sole purpose of bringing hope to Jamaica, set sail out of the south of Haiti and landed in Port Morant. Even being greatly outnumbered, and under constand attacks, the brave Danish-Norwegians reached their destination and the battle was on. Just a few weeks ago such an attack would not have been seen as possible. The British Empire, has been chased all the way from English Harbour to El Soco, and into the midst of their home island of Jamaica. Reports indicates that the ports once occupied in southern Haiti have been evacuated in haste, leaving warehouses and goods behind. Free trade and freedom of speech have been introduced, and once again taverns are flooding in Danish beer! Yours truly himself also engaged in the battles that roared outside Port Morant. There is a rumour that the British has put a price on my head, for encouraging free people from all over the world to stand up against slavery and tyranny. Stand up against suppresion, to stand up against an empire that only demands from their allies, and gives nothing in return. An empire that asks even the smallest and most subdued of nations to stand up to prove their worth! To ask something like this from a nation that has proven and given their loyalty even when it lead this nation to it's total anihilation. I say to you, leaders of the British empire, never look down on a man unless you are willing to help him up on his feet! I sadly must admit, after being greatly outnumbered, and after chasing away the British fleets that desperately fought for purse instead of justice several times. You finally got me. You finally sunk me. As my ship went down with my crew still firing deck guns from the topmast, you finally sunk me. But I tell you this slaves of the British Empire! We will not stop coming! We will keep coming, and we will not stop for as long as we have breath to keep fighting. Every day we keep fighting more and more people join our ranks! And more and more nations will open their eyes and join our just cause! yours truly Herminator.

A thread for people thinking about switching servers and a personal comparison of the Denmark Norge factions of [uSA] PVP 1 and [uSA] PVP 2 If you're reading this and you're in Denmark 1 or 2, I talk (and rant) a bit about what it's like on the other side.
Also a look at how hard server merging is going to be in this game.
Posting this in general discussions since it's not that much of faction news and only somewhat clan discussion plus I would like it if you guys shared your opinions and experiences on swapping servers
So with the talk of the population settling and server swapping I've been seeing I decided to go check out the Denmark faction of [uSA] PVP 2, just to scout out just how "active" it is compared to Denmark 1 and at the very least capture my way up the food chain to a 5th rate so I could participate in their port battles if my help was needed. In the beginning I was worried that Denmark 1 was going to be the "lesser server" and eventually burn out over time as USA 2 usually has a higher population status when I check on the login screen, however Denmark 1 actually felt much more active with a potentially bigger population.
I've put around 18-22 hours on that server and I've given up on them, I can't even imagine what a server merge would do to both these factions if it's ever needed in the future.
Right from the start, the economy felt much worse. Denmark 2 actually felt more cutthroat than what I've seen of the Pirate economies. Made the mistake of getting crafting materials for a ship as all the ships felt overpriced with much less options to spend my money on. Ended up spending twice as much as I would have on Denmark 1 and took twice as long to find a crafter.
The Faction chat felt dead compared to Denmark 1, but apparently its because people are "too busy talking in the factions superclan of the server" (More on this also). It wasn't bad, you could probably ask a question and receive and answer after the person that gave you your answer got permission from the high rank of his clan to respond to you.
There was 1 clan I actually ran into on the OW as opposed to a healthy selection I was able to pick and choose from in Denmark 1. Don't even remember the name of this clan though, if you've play on Denmark 2 you'll definitely know which one I'm talking about as it's impossible not to run into them. Saw another can mentioned in the chat and people chatting about creating smaller ones but never actually ran into them (and I went to every Denmark/Free/Neutral port around the spawn zone at least once, if not 10s of times)
Didn't want to get involved with a clan or make any commitments just yet, but rest assured I was invited to this clan and saw an advertisement for it in the faction chat within my first hour of playing on the server. I'm positive you would have to purposely opt out of signing up for this because they mass recruit everybody in the server one way or another lol. At first I was interested in this "superclan", having the entire server in 1 organized group sounds good, but after my time spent here I think there is a pretty big problem with 1 clan having a monopoly on the faction. This clan pretty much is the faction. It means that the entire nation has to follow this clans rules and restrictions and players that don't get along with a higher ranking member of the clan (or even the owner) are practically "exiled" from their nation. Might sound ridiculous, but imagine being almost 100% alone and having 0 assistance because you disagree with the clans rules (the CLANS rules not the Naval Action official community guidelines or anything like that) and the clan leader told everybody else that helping you would mean your own expulsion. You can make groups with your buddies but to actually get any major thing accomplished you would need a portion of the players this clan has. I'm not saying Denmark 2 has some major tyranny going on. I didn't see any serious cases of this happening, but this is a look at the negative effects this could have on it's population. I did however see some flaming in the National chat and an "exile" of a player because he attacked a players trade vessel from another nation that the clan was "allied to". I don't know who was in the right or wrong about this argument but that was pretty much the final straw I had for this nation. You might be in the clan I am talking about and think I'm some kind of idiot but once your leaders start settling in the idea that they control who not just your clan's, but your entire nation's allies, attack targets, and conquest targets are, you have a major problem.
Denmark 2's conquest game was pretty weak too I gotta say. Just 1 Port captured in the past week (a freebie when no brits come), and probably ~2 the week before that? Not going to say that they don't have conquering potential, but I gotta put the blame on that clan because I'm pretty sure they were enforcing an alliance to Sweden and possibly other . I don't even understand why you would enforce an alliance that does nothing for your nation. You have 0 enemies you are warring with, and 0 nations that are actually going to bother with your current towns besides Sweden, and Sweden is arguably the weakest nation on both USA PVP servers. (Too weak to attack your ports, and too weak to defend your ports).
Sums up my experience. Sorry for getting a bit ranty at the end but I feel like I wasted my time and wanted to warn people planning to do the same as me.
If you're on Denmark 2 and were getting sick of anything I mentioned, try Denmark 1 before going pirate or quitting.

I was wondering if Denmark is going to be in this game, Denmark was afterall one of the 5 biggest maritime nations during the 1700's and 1800's. Denmark has always been a maritime nation, often completely destroying our archrivals(Sweden) navy(Køge Bugt 1677, Öland 1676, Dynekilen 1716 etc.) Denmark has also always had some great admirals, like Niels Juel - Our greatest admiral. He invented the breakthrough tactic, a tactic which Horatio Nelson would use almost 150 years later.
And Denmark played a pretty big role in the Napoleonic Wars, so I was wondering if perhaps Denmark could be added to this game?
For historical ships in this timeline(1720-1820 from what I've heard), Denmark could perhaps have the Infoedsretten, a Danish third rate ship of the line famous from the battle of Copenhagen, 1801.
The Prinds Christian Frederik, was wrecked after the battle of Zealand Point while under the command of Carl Wilhelm Jessen. It was onboard this ship that the Danish naval hero Peter Willemoes died after getting shot in the head by a cannonball.
There are many more, like the flagships of Tordenskjold, Gyldenløve and Olfert Fischer.
Danish naval uniforms during the Napoleonic Wars were mostly red and blue, and the sailors wore a top hat. You can see the uniform on one of the sailors on the far right of this painting, and on the officer uniform on Peter Willemoes.
Peter Willemoes during the battle of Copenhagen